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Vara Gains CE Certification for Autonomous Breast Cancer Screening AI

Shots: Vara has secured CE certification under the EU Medical Device Regulation (Class IIb) for autonomous triage in organised breast cancer screening, enabling normal examinations to be reported without radiologist review ATMON (Autonomous-Triage Monitoring) is a real-time system that monitors AI performance, mammography hardware, system health, & site-level signals. If predefined limits are exceeded, the…

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Vara Reports CE Mark Approval of its Breast Imaging AI for Independent Second Reading of Mammography

Shots: Vara has received the European CE Mark approval for its breast imaging AI to operate as an independent second reader for both screening & diagnostic use, with EU availability starting Oct 15, 2025 Breast imaging AI was evaluated in the PRAIM study of 460,000 women across Germany, which demonstrated significant improvements in cancer detection &…

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Sarepta Therapeutics

Sarepta Therapeutics Reports the MHLW’s Conditional & Time-Limited Approval of Elevidys for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

Shots: Japan's MHLW has granted conditional & time-limited approval to Elevidys for DMD pts (3–8yrs.) with no exon 8/9 deletions in the DMD gene & who are negative for anti-AAVrh74 Abs Approval was based on extensive clinical data, incl. 2yr. global P-III (EMBARK) trial showing motor function benefits vs external controls; Part 2 data was…

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PharmaShots Interview: Guardant Health’s Justin Odegaard Shares Insight on the US FDA’s Approval of Guardant360 CDx for Amgen’s Lumakras

In an interview with PharmaShots, Justin Odegaard, Vice President of Clinical Development at Guardant Health shares his views on the Guardant360 CDx approval as the first & only liquid biopsy companion diagnostic for Amgen's Lumakras (sotorasib) KRASG12C inhibitor for use in advanced NSCLC. Shots: Guardant Health received the US FDA's approval for Guardant360 CDx liquid biopsy for use in conjunction…

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